Canon, the photo and imaging giant whose headquarters for the Americas is in Melville, was granted more U.S. patents last year than technology giants Google and Amazon.

The Japanese company ranked No. 3, with 4,134 patents on a listing from IFI Claims Patent Service. Canon executives said it had never before secured so many patents in a single year, breaking the record it set in 2014, when the company also ranked No. 3.